Cornelius Vanderbilt Quotes
You have undertaken to cheat me. I won't sue you, for the law is too slow. I will ruin you.
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I consider myself a blue-collar actor, just chugging away.
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Western Christians have imagined that, at the end of the day, God is going to throw the present space-time universe into a trashcan and we'll be sitting on clouds playing harps. The ultimate future that we're promised is much more interesting than that. It's new heavens and a new Earth with new bodies to live in.
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No matter how you cut them, paste them, rotate them, or distort them, lip syncing and air-guitar playing are fundamentally foolish activities, and anyone seen to be engaging in them with anything approaching a straight face is, by definition, taking herself or himself much too seriously.
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I'll watch CNN in the mornings to catch up on what's going on. On the weekends, I get the Sunday edition of 'The New York Times.'
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Spend time reflecting on your emotional and physical existence and how that applies to the voice. You have to apply that wisdom and experience when you sing - it's what comes through.
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I like to go hear jazz late-night up in Harlem.
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I've been very excited to have children for a long time. It definitely added an interesting twist to the night we screened 'Lyle' at Outfest, and I got up to do the Q&A, and I had this huge belly no one was expecting. It creeped everybody out in the best way.
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A core part of Teach For America's mission has always been affecting positive change in the traditional public school system.
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Any Wall Street advertising that does not go into the boring details of methodology is most likely to be pushing past performance.
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Food is available, but it cannot be shipped into an area, so the people in that area suffer the consequences.
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People can be inspired the way I've been inspired by music.
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I like being in love, but loving is what is crucial to me. Loving is the reason to live.
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I think I learned about the relationship between books and life from Margaret Mitchell.
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We will naturally pursue our goals on the strength of our own resources, skills and enterprise. But, we know that we will be more successful when we do this in partnership with the world.
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Some movies to me are like vampires – they suck all of the energy out of me and I don't like that. I like to give the audience energy if I can.
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I believe in the power of weakness.
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I have to be working, doing things. That's the way I grew up and the way I was taught.
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You don't necessarily pick the singles that you want when you're making a record, but for the most part it's the same process. You're the artist - you make the music that you want to make.
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No matter how old we become, we can still call them 'Holy Mother' and 'Father' and put a child-like trust in them.
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I do most of my reading on the train ride to and from work. But I always have a book in my handbag so that I can read at any time, anywhere.
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I'm still a Red Bull driver. I'm part of this family more than ever.
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If we do not resolve the euro crisis, we will all pay the price. And if we do resolve it, we will all benefit, particularly German taxpayers and savers.
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I'm good where I am at this moment.
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You have undertaken to cheat me. I won't sue you, for the law is too slow. I will ruin you.
